The thriller man often called “Fortunate,” who was discovered with no identification in Amsterdam in 2023, isn’t a lacking Vancouver man, in keeping with police.
Vancouver police confirmed earlier this week they had been trying into whether or not “Fortunate” may be John Russell Kenny, lacking since 1994. On Saturday, Amsterdam police confirmed on Saturday “Fortunate” and Kenny are totally different folks.
“This lead was investigated along with the Canadian police, and it has now been definitively established that Fortunate and Mr. Kenny will not be the identical particular person,” Amsterdam police spokesperson Marijke Stor mentioned.
Vancouver police Const. Megan Lui confirmed the discovering in an e-mail to World Information, saying the fingerprints of the 2 males didn’t match.
In the meantime, Amsterdam police have obtained greater than 500 ideas since releasing a video about Fortunate every week in the past, Stor mentioned. These ideas have supplied a number of extra “particular names of individuals” and detectives are actually investigating a minimum of 9 leads.
Lui mentioned Vancouver police will not be concerned in investigations of these leads.
Get breaking Nationwide information
Get breaking Canada information delivered to your inbox because it occurs so you will not miss a trending story.
“Fortunate” was discovered collapsed on an Amsterdam road in Might 2023. He was taken to hospital the place medical professionals concluded he suffered a mind hemorrhage or stroke.
He continues to undergo from aphasia, which impacts how folks learn, communicate, write and perceive what different folks say.
“We don’t actually know the way a lot he understands and we’ve got tried in numerous methods, nevertheless it’s probably not attainable in communication with him to seek out out who he actually is,” Stor mentioned.
Fortunate had no private identification on him when he collapsed, which has stymied efforts to seek out out who he’s. The case is classed as a “social investigation,” and Stor mentioned police try to find out his id for a number of causes, together with to attach him with somebody he is aware of.
“We need to not solely discover out who he’s, but in addition if there are any, for instance, family members who nonetheless love him and he may get in touch with, as a result of he’s proper now in a nursing facility the place they’re taking, in fact, excellent care of him,” she mentioned. “However he spends loads of his time alone and we predict it might be very good for him if he. . . may be capable of speak to somebody he is aware of.”
There’s perception the person could also be from Canada or the U.S., with police noting sources led detectives to Soep en Zo, a restaurant he’d often go to for a drink in central Amsterdam’s Waterlooplein, (Waterloo Sq.).
There they discovered some referred to as him “Chris the Canadian,” which prompted police’s plea final Monday to folks throughout the Atlantic Ocean for assist in figuring out the person.
“The folks instructed us that he at all times spoke with what they referred to as an American or a Canadian accent,” Stor mentioned. “So the speculation that he may be from America or Canada, that’s a concept we predict might be actually attainable.”
She did warning it doesn’t imply “Fortunate” is certainly Canadian or American, nevertheless it may nonetheless be a “actual risk.”
The person at present solely speaks minimal phrases, principally English phrases like “nonsense,” “positively,” and “constructive,” which he makes use of to agree or disagree when requested questions.
However whereas they’ve requested him questions on himself, together with verbally, by speech computer systems, or pointing at letters on a map, they’re unsure how a lot he truly understands.
Folks can contact Amsterdam police if they’ve a tip to share.
© 2026 World Information, a division of Corus Leisure Inc.
